ZHANOVATHHANUN

SEPTEMBER 25, 2025

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Zhanovathhanun are a genetically modified variant of zhhanun. They were created with the intent of serving as supersoldiers for ZHOZH's armies.

Like zhhanun, they have four antennae, two ears, two eyes, and a tail, are biped, and are usually fat. However, they don't have fur and their eyes are black; their pupils are not visible under normal light. They tower over normal zhhanun and end up being stronger as well.

Characteristics

Again, as a variant of zhhanun, zhanovathhanun borrow a lot of thanun traits, but they're hairless and have black eyes. Their pupils can still be seen under the right lighting; the tapetum lucidum will reflect the light, making their pupils shine through.

Their skin is darker than average zhhanun. Without fur, they're more prone to skin conditions, and the ones that develop end up being more visible. Being in war, they also tend to have skin damage-- scars and burns, for example.

Zhanovathhanun have cybernetic implants that poke out of their skin. The bare minimum is three circular ports on their backs; one above the base of their tail, two on their shoulders. These are to interface with armor, which is necessary to use the motors that make it possible to move in them (without immediately falling over and breaking your spine and neck in half). They may have extra impants depending on the company they're born and raised into.

Companies also tend to place tattoos and brands onto the skin of zhanovathhanun. The symbols used are special to the company, and like all ZHOZH imagery, they tend to be minimalist and abstract.

Companies

A company manages the birth and raising of zhanovathhanun. There are thousands of them, and they tend to all do the same thing. Some are more specialized, having a different process for raising zhanovathhanun or even an entirely unique process for making them. They are different from cavalries, which oversee frontlines and hire troops accordingly; calvaries can and often do gather zhanovathhanun from different companies.

History

Traditional Mmun armies had sappers among their ranks. These sappers, who were tasked with breaking through obstacles, ended up at the front of cavalries and were usually the first to reach the positions they targeted. Only the most resilient among these cavalries could survive being a sapper.

When the Dzhhunn discovered the Yùya, it was during a time where families turned into corporations and began mass employment and industrialization. The Dzhhunn faced their bloodiest war yet, and as more soldiers were demanded, a business grew around adopting and raising children into soldiers. These soldiers were conditioned to endure the emotional and physical stress of the war. Veterans were brought back and put into isolated communities where they would birth and raise children with other veterans. This process resulted in soldiers that were extremely tough compared to normal ones, and they would usually end up being sappers.

When ZHOZH was formed, the practice would continue. However, by the time they claimed Earth, they had acquired the technology needed to directly modify embryos. A program began that automated this process on a massive scale. Children produced this way were heavily but precisely mutated for the purpose of fighting in wars. These were zhanovathhanun, and they would end up being way stronger than traditional sappers. ZHOZH discontinued traditional breeding programs in favor of this new one. Zhanovathhanun now number in the tens of millions across ZHOZH's entire dominion. The descendants of traditional sappers live among normal soldiers, and the traits that made them unique have faded away with each generation.

Breeding Process

An embryo is cloned and placed into an incubator. Inside the incubator, nanomachines dig into it, shaping the flesh and placing implants early on. When the embryo matures it's placed into the care of nurses. Children are raised for 28 mmun cycles (roughly 16 human years) to prepare them for military training and to condition them into ZHOZH's ideology.

Zhanovathhanun aren't trained like other soldiers. Most of them aren't taught how to drive vehicles. But a large part of their training involves their armor, which gives them the mobility and endurance needed to walk across long distances without stopping. These suits contain motors that augment their muscles, and they can severely injure even a movathhanun if they aren't properly trained to control their armor. Using this armor, zhanovathhanun are trained to lift heavy objects, tread long distances, and climb walls. They are heavily conditioned for the emotional stress of war during this training.